Archive – Caribbean Life

New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

NY City ending voucher program for migrants

By Dawn Plummer

From left, Hon. Sylvia G. Ash; Joyce Perry, wife of US Amb. to Jamaica Nick Perry; Council Member Mercedes Narcisse; former Council Member Una S.T. Clarke; and Clarke's daughter, U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke.

Haiti

Haitians in NY remain steadfast amid Trump’s deportation threats

By Nelson A. King

Pepper Crab Recipe

Caribbean recipes

Pepper Crab Recipe

By Chris De La Rosa

Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister Gaston Browne speaks during an interview with Xinhua in St. John's, capital of Antigua and Barbuda, Feb. 1, 2024.

Bahamas

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Dara Bragg, founder of the SITA Awards, left, with award recipient Lenny Green, host of the hugely popular radio show WBLS 107.5 FM - The Quiet Storm at the 8th Annual SITA Awards.

People

SITA Awards program honors Quiet Storm’s WBLS 107.5 host Lenny Green, others

By Tangerine Clarke

The Beaton Family in front pew: Husband Douglas Beaton, second from left, with daughter Denica to his immediate left.

Guyana

Hundreds pay last respects to Guyanese community worker Minerva Beaton

By Nelson A. King

Former Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille.

Haiti

Haiti’s presidential council fires prime minister

By Bert Wilkinson

TOPSHOT - Former President Jimmy Carter departs after the funeral service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Maranatha Baptist Church, in Plains, Georgia, on November 29, 2023. Carter died on November 19, 2023, at the age of 96, just two days after joining her husband in hospice care at their house in Plains.

News

100-year-old former President back in the running

By Vinette K. Pryce

Sir Ronald Sanders, Antigua's Ambassador to the U.S.

Antigua

CARICOM interested in trade, aid, and climate change in the Trump presidency

By Bert Wilkinson

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Health

What older adults should know this RSV season

By Statepoint

Workers protect a facility ahead of the arrival of tropical storm Rafael in Havana on November 5, 2024. Cuba was bracing for Tropical Storm Rafael, which is expected to make landfall on the island as a hurricane on Nov. 6, compounding the misery wrought by a massive blackout and Hurricane Oscar.

Cuba

Tropical Storm Rafael batters Cuba

By Bert Wilkinson

Israeli hostage Shay Levinson

AMNY

Bring them home: Presenting the stories of the Oct. 7 hostages

Time to celebrate! Brooklyn Children's Museum relaunches monthly program, 'Ti Atis'.

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Children’s Museum relaunches ‘Ti Atis’ cultural series showcasing Haitian heritage

Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke.

Politics

Clarke, Bichotte Hermelyn, grateful to be re-elected

By Nelson A. King

Participants display their certificates at the Sundance Livonia. Dr. Janice McLean, president of APC is at left with Hanna Liriano-(DOH Clinical Community Linkage Project Manager) at right.

Health

Fifty-five persons graduate from Diabetes Prevention and Diabetes Self-Management classes

By Tangerine Clarke

Anthony Beckford.

People

Jamaican-American District Leader Anthony Beckford celebrates Veterans Day

By Nelson A. King

More from Around NYC

Bronx River High School teacher Debbi Porterfield was awarded as a "Rising Star" in high school journalism education. The staff of the student led paper she advises traveled to Philadelphia to watch her receive the award.

Bronx teacher awarded as a “Rising Star” in journalism education

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Mayor Adams joins families and officials in Queens to commemorate 23rd anniversary of AA Flight 587 tragedy

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US Supreme Court declines to hear challenges to NY rent stabilization law

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Amtrak service halted between Penn Station, New Haven after Bronx track fire